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Best speaker placement

I have a 12 foot wide by 24 foot long listening room. I have my stereo and speakers facing the narrow wall. What benfits would I get by placing speakers at the end of the rooms in the corners. My stereo is a little bright at this placement. I had my stereo placed the opposite way years ago but I did not have this good of equipment to compare.. My current set up is a lot smoother but a tad bass shy. Bryston 4B SST. Adcom 750 Pre amp. Modified Shanling T-200. Acoustic Signature final tool TT. Graham 2.2 Tone arm. Benz L2. Acoustech PH1 P phonp preamp. Tandberg 3014A Cassette deck and a PS 1000 power regenerator. OHM I speaker with all driver upgrades. Kimber KGAC silver cables. Any opinion appreciated. Mike
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myraj
351 posts
 
NO benefit by putting the spkrs in the corners....other than lots of exagerated bass.
I'd suggest trying a nearfield placement. Place them across the 24' wall starting with at 7.5' from each side wall, and 3' from the back wall. Put your seat against the rear wall.
Because of your room dimensions being multiples of each other, I predict this to be your best position for the smoothest bass response.
Play with the toe-in adjustment as needed.
Let us know if you try this and how it works for you?
Good luck and good listening!
magfan
1,583 posts
 
Myraj,
I was with you up until you put the seat up against the back wall.
Tough room. short wall / long wall?
even multiple room dimmensions will be tough, almost no matter what.
How high is the ceiling? If like 8', (common) than that is another bad. 1.5x is width and 3x is length. This room is a bass monster, I would suspect.
ponnie
233 posts
 
Try this site. It was sent to me a couple months ago and
it did the job. You do have to convert feet to the metric system and fill in all the blanks. You also must choose a speaker close to the design and shape and size of your current speakers. It will provide placement for your speakers. Enjoy!

www.hunecke.de/en/calculators/room-acoustics.html
myraj
351 posts
 
Magfan,
The bass tightens up and smooths out at the wall/boundary.
Try it. And you can sit back and just move your head forward (into the dips/peaks) and hear the difference. If it sounds better to your ear, place your seat there.
If it's a tough room, you'll probably like the sound better nearer the rear wall.
Also, you can try hanging something behind your head like a small rug and hear the difference there. If you like it, keep it. Not.....take it down.
Good luck and good listening!
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